Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena

The Franciscans in Bosnia had since the 13th century and established the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena ( "Silver Bosnia " ), officially the Latin Provincia OFM Exaltationis S. Crucis - Bosna Argentina.

The Franciscan Order had during the period from the 15th to the 19th century in the history of Bosnia and Croatia a significant impact on the Croats in Bosnia - Herzegovina, Dalmatia Slavonia.

History

The first Franciscan monks arrived in 1291 to Bosnia. The first monastery of the Franciscans was built in Srebrenica. Therefore, the Order called the country of his ministry Bosna Bosna Srebrenika or Srebrena. In the area around Srebrenica at the time rich silver deposit was mined.

Initially, the monks were mostly German, Hungarian and Italian. Due to the support of local nobility later outweighed local monks. The reigning Ban of Bosnia Stjepan II Kotromanić wrote to the pope in April 1347, apparently after he had converted to Roman Catholicism. In his letter he asked the Pope to help him in finding experienced priests for Bosnia. Kotromanić wished that the monks should hold the service in the Croatian language understood by the locals.

After the conquest of Bosnia by the Ottoman Empire, the Franciscan Order of Dalmatia stretched south to Buda in the north and in the east Temesvár. The Order worked in the cities of Sibenik, Skradin, Knin, Sinj, Vrlika, Makarska, Zaostrog, Imotski, Rama, Fojnica, Olovo, Srebrenica, Kreševo ​​, Mostar, Tuzla, Modriča, Požega Đakovo, Udbina, Gračac Kostajnica, Našice Vinkovci, Osijek, Pécs, Budapest.

The monastery Kraljeva Sutjeska ( Kings Canyon ) was first mentioned in writing in 1385. In this region, the Franciscans were for a long time the only pastors and teachers for the common people. From the beginning of the 17th century a rich literary work in the Croatian language was held at the Franciscans in Bosnia.

Throughout history, the Bosnian Franciscans gathered most of the Croats, who, partly also spoke the dialect štokavischen the čakavschen dialect. Thus, the Order made ​​an important contribution in the field of education and literature and the preservation of the Croatian people in Bosnia belonging to the Ottoman Empire.

Maps

Bosnian vicariate ( 1375 )

Franciscan monastery (15th century)

Bosna Srebrena ( 1679 )

Bosna Srebrena ( 1729 )

Bosna Srebrena ( 1762)

Apostolic Vicariate ( 18th and 19th century)